Re: Ball Lightning - Easier than you think . . .

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Original poster: "JRW by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jwhitmor-at-muscanet-dot-com>

As High voltage fanatics you may be interested in an
invention by Philo Farnsworth ( also of TV fame). It routinely
generates inertially combined plasma,  AKA, ball lightning.

 Check out the link: 
http://www.farnovision-dot-com/chronicles/fusion/vassilatos.html

 or see the commercial offering (which also generates neutrons on  
a tabletop):
http://members.tm-dot-net/lapointe/IEC_Fusion.html

 or to build your own version:
http://www.belljar-dot-net/634fusor.pdf

                                                          Jimbo